University Studies Approval:

Department or Program: Music Department

Course Number: 475

Number of Credits: 3

Course Title: Advanced Instrumental Styles and Literature

Catalog Description:

Study of the rise of instrumental styles beginning with Baroque and continuing through the Twentieth-Century Orchestra. Survey course studying representative works of J. S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, and Stravinsky.

A2C2 approved course- yes

Requested Approval: Oral Communication Flag

Department Contact Person for this course:

This course is designed as a University Studies Course with an Oral Communication Flag. The course objectives and requirements demonstrate that students present

extemporaneous oral comments, present two major oral presentations, research stylistic traits in historical context, and exhibit the conventions of evidence, format, usage and documentation in the field of instrumental literature.

 Description of the Requirements and learning activities that promote students' abilities to:

a. Earn significant course credit through extemporaneous oral presentations.

10% of the grade will be determined by informal discussion and class participation on assigned course readings. An additional 40% of the final grade will be determined by two oral presentations on a composer, piece of music, or stylistic development approved by the professor.

b. understand the features and types of speaking in their disciplines;

Course materials will include oral presentations in concert settings (e.g., pre-concert talks by the Music Director of the Winona Symphony Orchestra), student forums, and other types of speaking relevant to the music profession.

c. adapt their speaking abilities to field-specific audiences;

Students will learn and be able to use terminology and concepts of instrumental style, form, and techniques within oral presentations.

d. receive appropriate feedback from teachers and peers, including suggestions for improvement;

Students and professor will prepare written and verbal feedback for each presentation. e. make use of the technologies used for research and speaking in their fields; and Students will utilize periodicals, web information, books, recordings and other appropriate materials to validate their research, conclusions, and opinions.

f. learn the conventions of evidence, format, usage, and documentation in their fields.

Department: Music

Course Number: 475

 Number of Credits: 3 s.h.

Prerequisites: MUS 352.

Grading: Grade only.

Course applies to: Major required.

Date of Revision: August, 2002

Course Title: Advanced Instrumental Styles and Literature

Frequency of Offering: Alternating Fall Terms

10% of the grade will be determined by informal discussion and class participation on assigned course readings. An additional 40% of the final grade will be determined by two oral presentations on a composer, piece of music, or stylistic development approved by the professor.

Course materials will include oral presentations in concert settings (e.g., pre-concert talks by the Music Director of the Winona Symphony Orchestra), student forums, and other types of speaking relevant to the music profession.

Students will learn and be able to use terminology and concepts of instrumental style, form, and techniques within oral presentations.

Students and professor will prepare written and verbal feedback for each presentation.

Students will show evidence of their skills in conventions of evidence, format, usage, and documentation in their oral and written presentations.

1. Catalog description:

Study of the rise of instrumental styles beginning with Baroque and continuing through
the Twentieth-Century Orchestra. Survey course studying representative works of 3.5.
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, and Stravinsky.

2. Statement of the ma for focus and objectives of the course:

a. To examine representative forms, styles, and performance practices of instrumental
music from the period covering the High Baroque to the middle of the twentieth century.

b. To describe the musical characteristics of compositions of this period.

3. Bask instructional plan and methods utilized:

Lecture

Group discussion

Audio compact discs

Experiential activities (e.g., oral presentations of required reading and individualized topics)

4. Course requirements and means of evaluation:

a. Two written exams, each of which is worth 25% of the final grade.

b. Two oral presentations, each of which is worth 20% of the final grade.

c. Class participation and attendance, worth 10% of the final grade.

5.  Textbooks:

a. Bach, Johann Sebastian. The Six Brandenburg Concertos and the Four Orchestral Suites. New York: Dover Publications, 1976.

b. Beethoven, Ludwig van. Eighth and Ninth Symphonies. New York: Dover Publications, 1981.